The Nursing representative entities in Goiás have been poorly explored. This work aims to reconstitute the path of these institutions, in the context, in which they were created and their main remarks. It is a qualitative study, of historical - social type. The ABEn was founded in 1948, working in the "São Vicente de Paulo" school dependences. The COREn was created in 1975 and the SIEG in 1982. The COREn, as a professional legislative institution, agglutinates the ones who exercise the profession, adopting government determinations. The ABEn, since 1986, started to assume a more committed professional behave with subjects of the category and the population. The SIEG has been having small representativeness, because the nurses, usually, are linked in the other unions.
History of nursing; Legislation, nursing; Societies, nursing